gallows
英['ɡæləʊz]
美['ɡæloʊz]
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Noun:
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an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
- 1. He was saved from the gallows by a lastminute reprieve.
- 最后一刻的缓刑令把他从绞架上解救了下来.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The murderer was sent to the gallows for his crimes.
- 谋杀犯由于罪大恶极被处以绞刑.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The criminal ended up in the gallows.
- 那个罪犯最后被绞死了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. On the top of the gallows is fixed the knife.
- 绞架顶上装着一把刀.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Now I was to expiate all my offences at the gallows.
- 现在我将在绞刑架上赎我一切的罪过.
来自辞典例句
用作名词 (n.)
- The murderer was sentenced to the gallows.
杀人犯被判处绞刑。
- They did not send an innocent man to the gallows.
被他们送上绞架的并不是一个无辜的人。
- Only our brand of gallows humor saves us from utter despair.
只有我们招牌式的黑色幽默把我们从完全的绝望中拯救出来。
